On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 15:19, David Z Maze wrote: > "BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Ainsi parla BruceG le 304Ãme jour de l'an 2003: > >> > >>> I recently installed sendmail / ipopd / apache /squirrelmail to > >>> make a SMTP/POP mail server with a Web interface. I'm running > >>> Debian Stable. My PC is kind of clunky and old (100 Mhz, 16Meg RAM, > >>> 1 Gig disk space). I've noticed that some processes stop overnight. > >>> Apache, mandb, klogd,... - mainly it's Apache that stops. > >> > >> Do they _really_ stop, or only logging ? if it's this one, man > >> logrotate may help you > > > > Yeah, they stop. I was on a different PC and tried to connect to my web > > server. Couldn't connect. I went to the server and saw the message "VM: > > killing process Apache" on the console. I tried wading through the logs, > > but they're a little difficult for a newbie to understand. > > That sounds like your system is running out of memory; 16 MB of RAM is > pretty tight. How much swap do you have? (Can you scavenge more > physical RAM?) A kernel message starting with "VM" probably pertains > to the virtual memory subsystem, which is consistent with you running > out of memory. Running 'free' might also help you look at what the > memory situation is. >
Thanks, I ran free and memory was pretty tight. Swap wasn't being used, but perhaps swap gets nailed when cron jobs are running. I decided to repartition the disk, and carved out another 32 meg swap, giving 64 Meg total swap. I'll also need to see what packages I can remove, df shows it pretty tight on disk space as well. This is far removed from playing with Mandrake and SuSE on a desktop with 384 Meg RAM and 40 gigs disk space, and playing with Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat and Knoppix on a laptop - but I'm kind of liking getting in with ssh and checking mail with mutt. Don't think I'll ever be a vi person, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]